Illness & Health Problems

Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life (well, almost)....

When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. The painkillers she’s been prescribed can help her get behind the plate....

This debut novel tells the story of a girl who's literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a romance that challenges everything....

First came the storms. Then came the Fever. And the Wall. After a string of devastating hurricanes and a severe outbreak of Delta Fever, the Gulf Coast has been quarantined....

Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss - her life - and Lia is left behind, haunted by her friend's memory and racked with guilt....

Up until senior year, Greg has maintained total social invisibility. He has only one friend, Earl....

Miles is the ultimate unreliable narrator - a teen recovering from a schizophrenic breakdown who believes he is getting better - when in reality he is growing worse....

The acclaimed author of Flipped delivers a powerful and healing story that’s perfect for anyone who’s ever thought that something was impossible. Listeners will revel in the story of a girl who puts herself back together - and learns to dream bigger than ever before....

A heartfelt, witty, and thought-provoking YA love story about two teens who fall for each other while forced apart during quarantine....

Ava Lee has lost everything there is to lose: Her parents. Her best friend. Her home. Even her face. She doesn't need a mirror to know what she looks like - she can see her reflection in the eyes of everyone around her....

Necesitamos estar cerca de las personas que queremos casi tanto como el aire que respiramos....

Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks has no short-term memory. Her mind resets itself several times a day and has since the age of 10....

Stella Cross's heart is poisoned. After years on the transplant waiting list, she's running out of hope that she'll ever see her 18th birthday. Then, miraculously, Stella receives the transplant she needs to survive....

When Maisie gets into a terrible accident, her face is partially destroyed. She's lucky enough to get a face transplant, but she has to redefine her own identity....

Isaiah loves football. In fact, football saved Isaiah’s life, giving him structure and discipline after his sister’s death tore his family apart. But when Isaiah gets knocked out cold on the field, he learns there’s a lot more to lose than football....

The story of Zac and Mia's mysterious connection drives this unflinchingly tough, tender novel told in two voices....

As if her parents' divorce and sister's departure for college weren't bad enough, 14-year-old Ricky Bloom has just been diagnosed with a life-changing chronic illness....

Llega el mayor éxito de Rachael Lippincott, autora superventas de A dos metros de ti. Una novela fresca y romántica sobre cómo sus dos autoras se conocieron (¿y se enamoraron?) en la universidad....

If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn't have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn't have hit her head on the steps....

The celebration isn't supposed to end in tragedy. The night of their high-school drama group's cast party starts out as fun for sisters Amy and Erin....

For fans of FIVE FEET APART, this emotional and romantic YA offers an unflinching look at not only the realities of heart failure, but at memory, grief, guilt, and what it means to live—in spite of another, because of another, for another. For yourself.

With a 50/50 shot at inheriting her family's genetic curse, Rose is skeptical about pursuing anything that presumes she'll live to be a healthy adult - including her dream career in ballet....

Emotiva, irónica y afilada. Una novela teñida de humor y de tragedia que habla de nuestra capacidad para soñar incluso en las circunstancias más difíciles.

It's the summer after sophomore year and Raina has convinced her best friends since the sixth grade, Kathleen and Holly, to spend their summer as "pink angels"....

Twyla has always believed things happen for a reason, but when she starts having severe health issues and doctors won’t listen to her concerns, she finds herself questioning everything, including her diagnosis … and wondering if her mother’s death holds the answer.